Anglo-American

Anglo-American is a term usually implying a relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom (specifically England), or the two countries' shared language (English) and/or cultural heritage. In this context the term may refer to:

The term is also used, less frequently, to denote a connection between English people (or the English language) and the Western Hemisphere as a whole. In this context the term can mean:

Anglo-American (motor tricycle)

The Anglo-American was an English motor tricycle produced by a York company from 1899 to 1900. The company also offered motors that it claimed were "manufactured throughout in our own works", but which were most likely Continental imports.

See also

Anglo American plc

Anglo American plc is a multinational mining company based in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest producer of platinum, with around 40% of world output. As well as being a major producer of diamonds, copper, nickel, iron ore and metallurgical and thermal coal. The company has operations in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.

Anglo American has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £31.2 billion as of 23 December 2011, the 15th-largest company of any with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. The company has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

In December 2015 the company announced that after a US$3 billion loss in the first half of 2015, it would be undergoing a restructure, including the loss of 85,000 jobs out of 135,000.

History

1917 to 1990

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, along with the American bank J.P. Morgan & Co., founded the Anglo American Corporation. A gold mining company, in 1917 with £1 million, raised from UK and US sources, and ultimately derived the name of the company. The AAC became the majority stakeholder in the De Beers company in 1926, a company formerly controlled by Alfred Beit, a fellow Jewish-German emigre of the Oppenheimers. Two years following, the AAC began mining in the Zambian copper belt.